NEW YORK (AP) A jury has finished its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of three men charged with conspiring to cheat major college basketball programs by paying young athletes to sign with schools sponsored by Adidas.
Attorneys for the defendants say their clients broke NCAA rules but no laws.
Deliberations began Monday after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan instructed the jury. After five hours, jurors went home without sending any notes. They resume work Tuesday.
The defendants are Adidas sports marketing manager James ”Jim” Gatto, aspiring sports agent Christopher Dawkins and Merl Code, a former Adidas consultant.
Their attorneys say anything they did was intended to help the schools.
The scandal led to the firing of Coach Rick Pitino at Louisville. He was not charged.
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